#72B2F6#72B2F6

#72B2F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B2F6
RGBrgb(114, 178, 246)
HSLhsl(211, 88%, 71%)
HSVhsv(211, 54%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(53.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.92, -1.56, -40.04)
CIE-LCHlch(70.92, 40.07, 267.77°)
OKLaboklab(74.8% -0.0386 -0.1124)
OKLCHoklch(74.8% 0.119 251)
XYZxyz(39.4885, 42.0688, 93.2101)
Luminance0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B2F6 #F6B672
analogous
#72F4F6 #72B2F6 #7472F6
triadic
#72B2F6 #F672B2 #B2F672
tetradic
#72B2F6 #F672F4 #F6B672 #72F674
square
#72B2F6 #F672F4 #F6B672 #72F674
split-complementary
#72B2F6 #F67472 #F4F672
monochromatic
#0E74DF #3893F2 #72B2F6 #ACD1FA #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#72B2F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41
#72B2F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2F6
9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B2F6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B2F61.002.239.419.41
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4121.001.001.00
##0000009.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96B5F9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A8F5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1DC2CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b2f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 251.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8f9',
    500: '#72b2f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b2f6;
$custom-light: #a3c8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b2f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.748,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.42072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B2F6
secondary
#F4E2D0
accent
#7601E5
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72B2F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva